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Reply #4: The defence cuts are only $180 Billion/year, one half of the huge hike they had since 2001 [View All]

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Kolesar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-24-11 07:15 AM
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4. The defence cuts are only $180 Billion/year, one half of the huge hike they had since 2001
IIRC, the "defence" budget was $360 Billion up until Osama/bush started the War on Terror.

The DOD and "intelligence services" can certainly "protect us" with the huge amount of the public treasure that the Progressive Caucus would give them. Reducing the size of the military by tens of thousands after withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan is going to reduced the budget significantly.

Defence Secretary Gates is not very courageous on defence cuts, either.
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